Latest articles by Sandra Erwin
Terry Virts: Space warriors require unique skills. "It's not like flying F-16s."
Mattis: "We have to have capabilities to deny them what they want to achieve."
The Air Force 460th Space Wing says it is "talking" with the new SBIRS GEO Flight 4 satellite.
"China's satellite manufacturing industry is growing at an alarming rate," said Rep. Doug Lamborn, R-Co.
How the military views outer space and cyberspace as battlefronts in future wars are likely topics in the administration's new national defense strategy.
The "future operationally resilient ground evolution," or FORGE, is part of a broader SBIRS modernization plan.
SBIRS is the United States' main source of persistent, space-based surveillance of missile launches around the globe.
Non‐kinetic attacks like jamming and interference are occurring more often. They are cheaper and easier to pull off than full-on kinetic destruction of satellites.
Rep. Adam Smith: “I think logically, eventually, we will get to a space corps."
IG report: United Launch Alliance, SpaceX, and ULA subcontractor Aerojet Rocketdyne "did not perform adequate quality assurance management of the EELV program."
The Fiscal Year 2018 NDAA authorizes the development of a "space-based ballistic missile intercept layer, capable of providing boost-phase defense."
Trump: The U.S. government will team up with commercial firms to "improve the resiliency of our space architecture."
Study raises key question: Can the U.S. government capitalize on commercial space opportunities?
The increasing sophistication and availability of satellite imagery could make it more difficult for U.S. forces to move undetected.
An unmanned aircraft in a test in August switched between two spot beams on an Intelsat high-throughout satellite.
Army leaders designated Nov. 27 – Dec. 1 as "space week" with a dual focus on what the Army needs and does in space.
DARPA's Fred Kennedy: “Our savior is going to be the commercial sector."
